1. Why is finance good for society? 2. Why might finance be bad for society? 3. Make an argument for why banking needs to be regulated? 4. Explain the actual London Bridge example. 5. Why might an
investor be attracted to a stock with a high dividend yield? 6. What do bond ratings tell you? 7. What is the conflict interest in bond ratings? 8. Explain what is meant by the credit spread and
what does a large credit spread imply about the economy? 9. Why do most actively managed funds underperform passively managed (index fund) mutual funds? 10. How do index funds cause people to not
care as much about the companies they own? 11. Over the years, what has happened to the typical time a stock is owned by an investor? Why? 12. Explain what is a Credit Default Swap? 13. How did
Long-Term Capital Management almost bring down the world economy? 14. What is present bias? 15. How should a manager run a company according to John Reed? How is this different from the standard
approach? 16. According to the Bill Ackman Video what kinds of companies should you invest in? Why? 17. What is high-frequency trading? Why might it be unfair according to the video?